AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023
The premier private equity & venture forum in China
China World Summit Wing Hotel, Beijing & Online
05
Sep
Green investments – energy transition, EV and climate change
China’s net-zero ambitions mean that one thing is abundantly clear: the clean technology revolution is coming faster than expected. China’s electric vehicle market is at full throttle with the rapid deployment of new energy such as solar energy being pushed forward by the Chinese government’s green transition policy. Given the size and importance of the opportunity, local and domestic firms have much to learn from each other in maximizing growth of the companies in the space. Our panel of green investment professionals share their views.
- What has prompted the increased popularity of ESG strategies and carbon neutrality funds amongst local GPs?
- How can GPs and LPs tap into the world’s biggest electric vehicle and battery industry?
- Where are the most attractive opportunities for carbon neutrality plays in China?
- What sub-sectors of clean tech and green tech are attracting investment – wind, solar, nuclear or power storage?
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SpeakersSiyao Jiang Managing Partner ERM CHINA
Eva Xie Partner CLIMATE IMPACT CORPORATION
Jingyi Zhang Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK
Daisy Cai General Partner and Head of China B CAPITAL GROUP
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Mr. Siyao Jiang is the Managing Partner for ERM China. ERM is one of the largest global pure-play sustainability consultancy, with over 8,000 consultants across more than 40 countries. Based in Shanghai, Siyao takes overarching responsibilities for ERM’s environmental and social consulting, climate change services, sustainable finance and transaction advisory practices, and facilitates clients’ ESG and Low Carbon Energy Transition journey. Meanwhile, Siyao also leads the Greater China banking and finance sector for ERM across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Siyao has been a seasoned banker with nearly twenty years of track records across corporate and investment banking, central bank and public policy, and ESG investments. Prior to joining ERM, Siyao was based in Hong Kong and led the French bank Natixis’s project financing business in North Asia across natural resources, renewable energy, petrochemical, infrastructure, PPPs, telecommunication, and agricultural sectors. Siyao started his professional career at Australia’s central bank, the Reserve Bank, to manage the foreign exchange and gold reserves on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia. He has gained international experience in China mainland and HK, UK, and Australia with Macquarie Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and QBE Insurance Group.
Siyao is a historian and economist by training with rigorous master’s degrees in Medieval History (Oxford) and International Law (USYD) and bachelor’s degrees in Economics (1st Honours, Macquarie) and Actuarial Science (Macquarie). Siyao is fluent in Chinese and English, and converses French and Italian. Siyao is passionate about the global exchange of civilization, culture, and commodities; he is currently pursuing part-time doctoral research in medieval global history, at the University of Oxford. Siyao is a qualified sommelier in wine, sake, and whisky
Ms. Xie Yiran worked for JIC-China Construction Bank Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CIC, and was mainly responsible for the whole process of JIC's private equity raising, investment, management and withdrawal in the high-tech field. She has strong professional ability and rich experience in fund investment operation. For more than six years at JIC, she has raised and managed China New Energy Fund (USD M&A Fund) and China W Growth Fund II (USD Semiconductor M&A Fund). As the general manager and legal representative of JIC Hong Kong, she is responsible for overseas investment and joint venture cooperation in China, and has completed a series of high-quality equity investment projects and M&A projects, achieving good investment returns and industry influence.
Previously at JIC Hong Kong (Jiutian Management Hong Kong Co., Ltd.), Ms. Xie completed several high-profile IC investments including cross-border M&A of renowned semiconductor firms and restructuring of listed A-share companies. These landmark deals earned her excellent reputation in the industry.
Ms. Xie has over 17 years of experience in the new energy sector. She has led new energy projects and mergers & acquisitions totaling US$3.6 billion in value across areas like wind power, solar PV, hydropower and green hydrogen.
As investment officer of Private Equity at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Jingyi is passionate about connecting people, services and markets by financing and investing in sustainable infrastructure. AIIB is a multilateral financial institution with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia. At AIIB, Jingyi works as project team leader to originate, structure and execute innovative, developmental and profitable equity transactions, including fund investments and co-investments, across all infrastructure sectors in Asia. Prior to AIIB, she worked at IDB Invest and World Bank in Washington D.C.
Jingyi holds a doctorate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.
Daisy CAI has started B Capital Group China in Jan, 2021. Before building out B Capital China team, she was a partner at Softbank Vision Fund. She also served as partner and investment committee member of Gaocheng Capital, a growth equity firm in China focused on investing in enterprise technologies. Prior to Gaocheng and SoftBank, Daisy was managing partner of Baidu Ventures and Baidu Capital. She began her investment career at Goldman Sachs (Hong Kong).Daisy has a Bachelor degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University, and an MBA degree from Columbia University.